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Arbitration Defense Award and Successful Counter-Claim

Kristin Bateman obtained a defense award and prevailed on a counter-claim for our clients, a towing company and its employee driver, in the arbitration of a disputed liability auto-accident case.

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Summary Judgment Dismissal in Trip & Fall Case

Kristin Bateman obtained summary judgment dismissal of all claims brought against our client, a commercial and industrial door repair service provider.

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Summary Judgment Dismissal in Legal Malpractice Case

Kristin Bateman and Lori Hurl obtained summary judgment dismissal for our attorney client in a legal malpractice lawsuit.

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Defense Verdict in Legal Malpractice Case

Jeff Kestle won a defense verdict for our attorney client after an eight-day jury trial.

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Summary Judgment Dismissal in Inverse Condemnation / Negligence Case

Grant Lingg obtained summary judgment dismissal for clients Sound Transit and City of Tacoma in an inverse condemnation / negligent property damage lawsuit.

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Defense Verdict in Wrongful Death Case Against Healthcare Organization

After a three-week jury trial, Patrick Sheldon and Natalie Heineman obtained a defense verdict for our healthcare organization client in a wrongful death case in which plaintiff’s estate alleged that the client failed to timely diagnose the decedent’s prostate cancer.

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Jury Verdict for Attorney Client

Our attorney client sued his former clients to collect unpaid fees. His former clients then counterclaimed for breach of contract and malpractice.

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Dismissal of EEOC Complaint

In finding for the Association on all claims, the Court also awarded the recovery of attorneys’ fees and costs in the defense of the case.

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Appeals Court Dismisses Claim Against Client

Shareholder Marty Pujolar obtained a favorable ruling in an unpublished opinion by Division One of the Washington Court of Appeals, affirming the trial court’s orders granting summary judgment dismissal of employment discrimination claims against the firm’s employer client.

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Defense Verdict for Doctor in Admitted Liability Case Involving Delayed Cancer Diagnosis

In May 2017, Patrick Sheldon and Natalie Heineman obtained a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case in King County Superior Court, which arose from an 11-year delay in the diagnosis of plaintiff’s prostate cancer.

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Supreme Court Win

Jeff Kestle obtained a Washington Supreme Court decision in favor of our attorney client.

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Defense Verdict for Naturopathic Physician in Wrongful Death/Loss of Chance Case

Patrick Sheldon and Natalie Heineman obtained a unanimous defense verdict in a Snohomish County Superior Court case involving allegations that their client, a naturopathic physician, failed to timely follow up on liver function studies for a patient later diagnosed with terminal liver cancer.

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